Bradford paedophile jailed for sexual communication with children
Five child victims were identified
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A Bradford man has been handed a 12 and a half year sentence after admitting to 36 child sexual offences, having targeted five victims online.
20 year old Kasey Fitton, of Amundsen Avenue, was arrested in February last year as part of a joint investigation, also involving officers from West Mercia and Lancashire Police.
This February Fitton was charged with 16 counts of sexual communication with a child and 20 counts of making/possession of indecent images of children.
The charges were in relation to five separate victims.
Fitton will serve at least seven and a half years in prison, with a further five out on licence. He will be on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
In a victim impact statement, the mother of one of the children targeted wrote: “I am a mother and it is my job to protect her, but I feel like I failed her massively, I felt like I didn’t protect her from the evil of this world. I spent many days and nights wondering where I went so wrong or what more I could have done.
“In reality, it wasn’t me that that didn’t protect her, it was you, a predator that prayed on her vulnerability and innocence at the age of 14. You stole her light for a long time, but it was me as her mother that was there every minute of every day picking up the pieces you left her in.”
Senior Investigating officer Detective Superintendent Alan Weekes of West Yorkshire Police said:
“Fitton is a very dangerous individual to children, and we welcome the courts sentencing today.
“There are further investigations ongoing and we would appeal to anyone who may have been a victim to come forward to us.
“We are keen to speak to anyone who interacted with the Snapchat accounts Kaseyfitton23, Kaseyfitton24 and MyCroft110.
“We take all reports of this nature extremely seriously and they are treated with sensitivity. We have specially trained officers who will guide you through the process and do everything we can to get justice.”